Protector for cigarettes



Sept 23, 1924. 11 5mm J. W. PERRY PROTECTOR FOR CIGARETTES Filed July29. 1920 a h I I u ATTORNEY Patentwse t. 23, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT rnornc'ron ron crennn'r'rns.

I Application filed July 29, 1920. Serial No. 899,762.

\ To-all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN WALTER PERRY,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Southport, county of Fairfield, State of Connecticut, have invented an Improvement inProtectors for Cigarettes, of which the following is a specifica'tion,,v

This invention produces a protector for cigarettes which may housed inconnection with the original package in which the cigarettes are put up,an object of the invention being to provide protecting means to makecertain that the cigarettes do not become mashed or otherwise materiallydamaged. Additional objects are to provide a protector equippedwithmeans for properly moistening the cigarettes and for precluding theentrance of moisture from the atmosphere to the original package, andalso equipped with means whereby the outside paper container or coverfor the original package can be released from the stamp or other meansused by manufacturers for 010s ing the exposed portion of the foilwrapping for the cigarettes, in order that the foil wrapping, togetherwith the cigarettes, can be removed from the outside paper container orcover and placed in the protector of the invention, and the protectorand its contents can be subsequently placed in said container or cover.

With the above and other objects in view the invention comprises theconstruction and arrangement of parts as now to be fully described andhereinafter ificall claimed.

In the accompanying awing orming a part of this specification, I 1

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the protector;

Fig. 2 a sectional view thereof;

Fig. 3 a perspective view of the protector and of a package ofcigarettes, illustrating the manner in which the stamp or other closingmeans is disconnected from the container or cover; and

F at is a perspective view of the container and of a package ofcigarettes, illustrating the manner in which the'protector is used.

As is well known certain types of ciga- 'rettes now on the market are utup in ackages consisting of an outsi e paper con tainer or cover; A, afoil wrapping; B for the cigarettes, which is inserted in the containeror cover, and a stem C, the opposite ends of which are attac ed to theoutcontainer or cover,

side opposite edges of the open end of the container to ho d the foilwrapping and cigarettes in place. When the package reaches a consumer,hefirst tears the stamp and afterwards removes the visible part of thefoil wrapping, or a portion thereof, as indicated at D in Fig. 4 so thatthe cigarettes are readily accessible. Cigarette smokers are aware ofthe fact that as soon as a few of the cigarettes are removed from theoriginal pack the package is liable to become disto when being carriedon the person so that the remaining unsmoked cigarettes are mashed andotherwise damaged. In fact, it almost always occurs, when a partialpackage is carried for even a short length of time, that the cigaretteslast smoked are badly disfigured. I have found that a number of thepaper containers or covers for diii'erent makes of cigarettes are ofapproximately the same size, and to overcome the diflicultiesencountered by smokers as hereinbefore set forth the protector of theinvention has been deslgn'ed to be located between the originalcontainer or cover and the foil wrappin That is, the, foil wrappingcontaining e cigarettes is adapted to be located in the protector andthe protector is adapted to be then located in the original container orcover. In view'of the fact that the foil wrapping as now made by theditferent manufacturers, loosely fits the paper it will be obvious thatthe protector invented by me can be inserted between sald foilwrappingand cover, and will, when inserted, reclude the accidental removal ofeither p e wrapping or cover, while not causing the cigarettes in thefoil iZratpping to be mashed to the slightest ex- As willbe clear fromthe drawings, the protector consists of a box having sides 10, ends 11,an open bottom 12 and a top 13. The top is out awa as indicated at 14and a slide 15 is provi ed for covering the cut away portion, the slidebeing equipped with means whereby it may be manipulated adapted to entera slot 16 in the protector top. The means shown for causing the slide totravel in the slot to cover the cut away portion are tongues 17. Otherconvenient means may be used.

18 denotes a blotter or other humidor carried b the slide. The bottomedgeof either or bot sides of the protector is cut away as indicated at19 to provide a cutter for reconstitutin and container or cover for theoriginal package, and may be constructed of any relatively stifit'material suitable for its purposes, such as cardboard, celluloidormetal.

The manner of use will be apparent. When the consumer purchases apackage of cigarettes, he first causes the cutter to break the seal. Henext lifts the foil wrapping and c1 e next removes a portion of theupper end of the foil wrapping to expose a fewof the cigarettes, assuggested in Fig. 4. He next inserts the foil wrapping and cigarettesinto the open end of the rotector so that the exposed ends of theclgarettes lie beneath the cut away portion adapted to receive theslide. The protector is lastly inserted in the paper container or coveropen end first.

When a cigarette is'to be removed from'the I arettes from the papercontainer or cover.

protector the slide is moved to open position,

toward the left in Fig. 1. The slide normally covers the opening made inthe foil wrapping so that the humidor has contact with the cigarettes.As cigarettes are removed, others may be made to come under the openingin the foil wrapping b simply tilting the package in the properirection, as has heretofore /been the practice when cigarette smokershave removed only a portion of the foil Wrapping.

What I claim is:

As a new article of manufacture, a. protector for cigarettes comprisinga body shaped to fit a package of cigarettes and having one end open,acover carried at the other end of said protector body and comprising arigid section and a slidable section, a side ofsaid body being cut awayat its open end to provide a recess, one side of a said recess beingextended inwardly over the recess at the free edge of the body and sharpened to provide a cutter.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature.

J. WALTER PERRY.

